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Review: October 2013

October began with Champions League action and it was a week to remember for the Bundesliga's representatives. Bayern embarrassed ...while Schalke claimed a brilliant away win in Basel after Julian Draxler's stunning goal......and Bayer Leverkusen also got their European assault off and running after Jens Hegeler's late effort sealed a 2-1 success over Real Leverkusen then had the daunting task of entertaining the Bundesliga champions the following weekend. Despite being clearly second-best Braunschweig had had little to celebrate in the opening weeks of the season, but Matchday 8 was a perfect day for the Lions, with In Nuremberg another away win was being celebrated, this one by Hamburg, 5-0 victors thanks in no small part to Pierre-Michel Lasogga's (l.) hat-trickIt was Nürnberg's heaviest home loss in the Bundesliga for three decades and it spelled the end for Michael On Matchday 9 there were expected wins for Bayern against Mainz and Dortmund against Hannover, but the biggest story undoubtedly came in Hoffenheim, where Leverkusen ran out 2-1 winners, despite Stefan Kießling's header going in via a hole in the side nettingBack in Europe, the German clubs continued to fly the Bundesliga flag. Bayern thrashed Plzen, Leverkusen beat Shakhtar and although Schalke lost at Chelsea, Dortmund made it a happy visit to London with a 2-1 win at Arsenal after Robert Lewandowski's (r.) winnerAnd things just got better for BVB. Just days after beating Arsenal, they went to Ruhrpott rivals Schalke and FC Bayern continued to set the pace at the top of the table, coming from behind to beat Hertha Berlin 3-2 on Nürnberg, meanwhile, appointed Dutchman Gertjan Verbeek as Wiesinger's replacement. The 51-year-old led FCN to a 1-1 draw in his first game, a visit to VfB Stuttgart